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Bowls Full of Woes
Marion Clark
Revelation 16:1-21
Introduction
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Let's list the seven bowls of woe. First are harmful and painful sores. Second, bloody substance in the sea that kills all sea life. Third, the same kind of substance in the rivers and springs to ruin drinking water. Fourth, fierce heat that scorched people. Fifth is darkness. The sixth woe is limited to the Euphrates river, which is dried up. Seventh and final is the great earthquake accompanied with thunder and lightning.
So every aspect of creation is affected: sea, land, and air. All of the woes are plagues upon the people who ''bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.'' An angel declares these plagues to be just judgments: ''It is what they deserve.'' They are a just vengeance brought about by God, the Holy One in retribution for their unjust persecution of his people - saints and prophets.
All of this indicates that the end indeed is near. Whereas the woes of the seals and the trumpets speak of the trials and the judgments experienced by the church and by the anti-church forces throughout human history, now the climax draws near. All the seals are broken; all of the trumpets have been sounded; and now the bowls of wrath are being emptied.
The sixth bowl prepares the way for the last battle. The Euphrates is dried up for the very purpose of allowing the rulers of the earth to gather forces against God's church. These earthly rulers are being moved by spiritual forces - demonic spirits - at the beckoning the first beast, Satan's military general. However one interprets these activities, a last battle is looming between the forces of Satan and the forces of Christ. Armageddon is imminent.
Lessons
The end is coming. The history of this earth and of earthly life is not circular. It marches along a timeline that has an ending. It is a definite ending, and ending that is planned, that is approaching according to the will of God. As surely as God knows the d ...
Marion Clark
Revelation 16:1-21
Introduction
Text
Let's list the seven bowls of woe. First are harmful and painful sores. Second, bloody substance in the sea that kills all sea life. Third, the same kind of substance in the rivers and springs to ruin drinking water. Fourth, fierce heat that scorched people. Fifth is darkness. The sixth woe is limited to the Euphrates river, which is dried up. Seventh and final is the great earthquake accompanied with thunder and lightning.
So every aspect of creation is affected: sea, land, and air. All of the woes are plagues upon the people who ''bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.'' An angel declares these plagues to be just judgments: ''It is what they deserve.'' They are a just vengeance brought about by God, the Holy One in retribution for their unjust persecution of his people - saints and prophets.
All of this indicates that the end indeed is near. Whereas the woes of the seals and the trumpets speak of the trials and the judgments experienced by the church and by the anti-church forces throughout human history, now the climax draws near. All the seals are broken; all of the trumpets have been sounded; and now the bowls of wrath are being emptied.
The sixth bowl prepares the way for the last battle. The Euphrates is dried up for the very purpose of allowing the rulers of the earth to gather forces against God's church. These earthly rulers are being moved by spiritual forces - demonic spirits - at the beckoning the first beast, Satan's military general. However one interprets these activities, a last battle is looming between the forces of Satan and the forces of Christ. Armageddon is imminent.
Lessons
The end is coming. The history of this earth and of earthly life is not circular. It marches along a timeline that has an ending. It is a definite ending, and ending that is planned, that is approaching according to the will of God. As surely as God knows the d ...
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